Marking-tag.



PATENTED JULY 21, 15208.

A. H. SWETTV MARKING TAG. ATION I ARTHUR H. SWETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MARKING-TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Applicationfiled February 24, 1908. Serial No. 417,592.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. SWETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in MarkingTags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of marking-tags or pintickets commonly employed for marking dry goods, or the like, by being folded over and attached to an edge thereof.

My object is to provide a novel construction of marking-tag which may be readily applied to and removed from the goods, and Which when applied will remain in place with great security, serving effectively to house the pin-points of the fasteners and holding the ticket down at those of its corners which, when left free, tend to curl up with the attendant danger of becoming torn in the handling of the goods.

In the accompanying drawingFigure 1 is a perspective view of the inner or reverse side of my improved tag showing the fastener attached thereto; Fig. 2, a similar view of the tag as it appears when applied, the

tongue-portion being shown extended, by

full lines, while the final operation of housing the pin-points by tucking the tongue through a slot in the tag-body is indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 3, an edge view of the tag as it appears when fully applied; and Fig. 4, a plan view of the paper blank without the fastener.

The tag consists of a, usually paper, strip having the body-portion sections 5 and 6 relatively foldable along the line 7, and a tapering tongue-portion 8 forming an extension of the section 6 from the folding-line 9. The strip may be scored at the lines 7 and 9 to insure folding thereat. In the part 5 near its free end and opposite edges are perforations 10 to receive the oints of a stapleshaped fastener 11; and t e part 6 is formed with shoulders 12 and with a tongue-receiving slot 13 in substantially the relative positions shown.

The fastener 11 is of suitable flexible wire and its head or body-portion, between the points, is of a length equal to the distance between the erforations 10. The tags may be more rea ily packed for shipment if the fasteners are not initially provided but are 5 packed separately to be ap lied to the tags at the time the tags are app ied to the goods.

If the fasteners are initially provided the perforations 10 may be formed by the act of inserting the points; otherwise the perforations may be punched of a diameter slightly less than that of the wire so that when the fastener is applied to the tag it will tend to remain in place. The shoulders .12 are formed preferably by notching the side edges of the strip to present a neck-portion at the shoulders of a width approximating the distance between the points of the fastener. The tag, in use, is applied to the edge of the goods 14 by bending it at the line 7 and forcing the points of the fastener through the goods to embrace the reduced neck-portion at the shoulders 12. The points are then bent toward each other to clamp the tag in place, as indicated, the tongue 8 being then bent over at the line 9 and passed at its endportion through the slot 13 to house the fastener-points.

The engagement of the shoulders 12 with the shanks of the fastener-points hold the part 6 against sliding through the fastener; and the corner-portions of the tag are held against curling up. The body-portion of the fastener, as it extends almost entirely across the end of the tag serves materially to aid in strengthening that end and holding it flat against the goods.

I wish it to be understood that various changes in the form, material and proportions of the tag maybe made without departing from the spirit of my invention as defined by the claims.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a marking-tag, a flexible strip pro vided near one end and close to its side edges, with fastener-point receivingperforations, and formed along its opposite end-portion with a tongue, a tongue-receiving slot, and fastener-engaging shoulders at opposite edges between the slot and base of the tongue, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A marking-tag, comprising, in combination, a flexible strip provided near one end, close to its side edges, with flexible fastenerpoints, and formed along its opposite endportion with a tongue, a tongue-receiving slot, and fastener-engaging shoulders at opposite edges between the slot and base of the tongue, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' 3. A marking-tag, comprising, in combination, a flexible strip provided near one end with a flexible Wire having a body-portion ders at its opposite edges between the slot extending nearly the full distance across the and base of the tongue, all constructed to 0pstrip and having fastener-points passing crate substantially as described.

through perforations close to the side edges ARTHUR H. SWETT. of the strip, the strip being formed along its In presence ofopposite end-portion with a tongue, a tongue- RALPH A. SOHAEFER,

receiving slot, and fastener-engaging shoul- W. T. JONES. 

